First 5 vs Help(her)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First 5
This app provides daily biblical teachings to help users establish a consistent spiritual practice. It offers tools for highlighting, saving, and sharing scripture, along with a built-in Bible and community features.
- Daily biblical teachings
- Highlight, save, and share scripture
- Integrated Bible reader
- Customizable reminders
- Community groups
- Exportable notes
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Transform your time with God using the First 5 app, developed by Proverbs 31 Ministries. First 5 is specifically designed to greet you with a short teaching in God’s Word daily before you get distracted by social media and everything else competing for your attention. It’s our hope you create a daily habit of reading God’s Word through your time spent in the First 5 app. Features • New Teaching Every Day: We unpack books of the Bible, focusing on passages of Scripture each day and seeing how they apply to our lives. • Highlight, Save and Share: You can highlight any portion of our daily teachings to bookmark, share or add a personal note. Review your notes and activity through your profile and use the export feature to save them to your device. • Reminder Functionality: Set up a reminder in the app to go off at any time you choose. This way, you can read each teaching at a time that works best in your schedule. • Bible: Don't have your Bible handy? Use this feature for your daily Bible reading. You can search any passage of Scripture and even bookmark, highlight and create a graphic to share with a friend. * Community: Find community among our First 5 friends in private and public groups.
Help(her)
Connect with qualified individuals ready to assist with your daily tasks and projects. From laundry and errands to content creation and event support, find the help you need to manage your to-do list efficiently.
- Task assistance requests
- Background-approved helpers
- Laundry and organizing help
- Errand running services
- Event and office support
- Meal prep and content creation
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We're here to help :) Got too much on your to-do list and not enough time to accomplish them all? Request a Help(her) today and we'll match you with someone who's background is approved and ready to use their skills to help you. You have something you need, she has something to offer. - Laundry - Organizing - Running Errands - Event Help - Office Support - Meal Prep - Packing/Unpacking - Writing/Editing - Content Creation Help(her) connects small businesses and individuals with an individual contractor, referred to as "Help(her)s." Help(her)s are highly-qualified women that are stay at home mothers, freelancers, or just want to pick up a side hustle in order to complete short term projects and cross off to-do lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Help(her) at 5.0 against First 5's 4.5. Help(her) also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). First 5's advantage is ratings volume (890 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Help(her) holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First 5 has 890 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of First 5's written reviews are positive against 100% of Help(her)'s.
First 5 ships an update every 3 months, Help(her) every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First 5 | Help(her) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (890 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 890 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proverbs 31 Ministry, Inc. | Callie Miller |
Customer experience
First 5
Help(her)
Bugs and requests
First 5
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not loading or showing blank screen
- Inability to access past or current studies
- Login/sign-in issues and account problems
- Repeated log-outs and sign-in requirements
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode or night theme
- Improve font size and zoom options
- Allow offline access to past studies
- Implement text-to-speech feature
- Provide more customization options
Help(her)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First 5
No in-app purchases
Help(her)
No in-app purchases
Questions
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